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SUBMITTED BY: Dorothy Albrecht
e-mail: albrecht@fais.net
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HUSBAND: John Young MATTHEWS
date and place of birth: Jun 13, 1869 (1); unknown
date and place of marriage: Nov 19, 1901 (2); Osage, Colorado County, Texas
military service: none
date and place of death: Apr 10, 1932 (1); Colorado County, Texas
place of burial: Osage Cemetery, Osage, Colorado County, Texas
father: Thomas M. MATTHEWS
mother: Mary Debora BURFORD
other marriages: Lella May McMILLAN TAYLOR
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WIFE: Eda COLQUEST
date and place of birth: Dec 19, 1875; Colorado County, Texas (1)
date and place of death: Feb 22, 1900; Osage, Colorado County, Texas (1)
place of burial: Osage Cemetery, Osage, Colorado County, Texas
father: Charls A. COLQUEST
mother: Mary UNKNOWN
other marriages: none
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CHILD 1: William Ray MATTHEWS
sex: M
date and place of birth: ca 1895; Colorado County,Texas (3)
married: Lois ROYCE
date and place of marriage: unknown
date and place of death: Sep 17, 1942; Pine Bluff, Arkansas (3)
place of burial: unknown
other marriages: unknown
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CHILD 2: John Young "Johnny" MATTHEWS Jr.
sex: M
date and place of birth: Nov 4, 1897; Osage, Colorado County, Texas (4)
married: Rudell TUCKER
date and place of marriage: Jan 22, 1899; Colorado County, Texas (3)
date and place of death: May 1976; Aurora, Arapaho County, Colorado (4)
place of burial:
other marriages: none
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SOURCES:(1) Tombstone
(2) Marriage Records, Colorado County, Texas
(3) Weimar Mercury, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas
(4) Social Security Death Index
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COMMENTS: Johnny served in the U.S. Marines in World War I. He was badly gassed in France which resulted in him spending most of the rest of his life in higher altitude, mainly Colorado
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